Trade association NAPIT says it has increased its efforts to reduce the impact non-compliant, defective, suspicious or counterfeit products have on electrical installers, as a survey suggests 60% of tradespeople fail to report products that contravene regulations.

All exhibition space at the NMBS Exhibition has been taken less than a fortnight after going on sale, both within the exhibition venue and for display vehicles, the National Merchant Buying Society (NMBS) has said.

Pipe and Climate Center has invested £180,000 into streamlining the offering at its Kings Cross facility in central London, responding to an increase in demand for its essential product lines, the company says.

The winner of the inaugural RIBA Journal Microarchitecture Award, which sought to reward the design of an “ideal mini-building” to be constructed predominantly using Norbord SterlingOSB panel, has been named at a ceremony held at the Institute’s London headquarters.

A statement asking the European Commission for tightened rules on illegal timber use has been signed by timber-dependent businesses across Europe, with a separate WWF poll suggesting that 76% of UK consumers want them.